Fishline reel holder



PY 21s 1936 c. J. CLARKE 2,038,344

y FSHLINE REEL HOLDER Filed oct. 22, 1955 `tion of a reel clamp areobjectionable.

Patented Apr. 21', 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE `2,038,344. FisHLINEREEL HOLDER Charles Jackson Clarke, Kingsburg, Calif. Applicationoctober 22, (1.1235, seriaiNo. 46,221

` i3 claims. (o1. 4s-.122i

This invention relates to improvements-in sh line reel holders' and Ahasas 'a Vprimary object the Vprovision o f ',a'holder or, 'clamp by,meansv of which l the .ordinary fand well known commonly used .types offishing reel may be readily, quickly and Anotherand still furtherlobject of the inveny tion Yis the provision of an improved reel holder120, Y hold. which is always positioned in the same. plane or clampwhich is provided with a hand-or finger with respect to the fishing rodand constitutes -a means for improving the manipulation of the -rod iduring the casting or reel winding operation.

` .A still further object of the Iinvention is to provide an improvedreel holder or clamp which is cheap and simple of construction yethighly effective and eiiicient in operation.

lIn the-accompanying drawing: a n' Figure 1 is a viewinside elevationshowing the application of the invention in securing a reel to .a shingrod of the bamboo type.

Fig.2 vis a topplan view of Fig. 1.

Fig.'3`is a View in side elevation similar to Fig. 1 of the ,drawing butshowing the invention used in connection with a steel rod.

Fig. i is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 ofFig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by arrows.

IFig. isa top plan View of the holder base and the stub shaft carriedthereby. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical s ectionalrview taken on theline 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The presentimproved iishing reel holder or .clamp .constitutes animprovement upon an in- Vention of somewhat similar nature appearinginmy Patent No. 1,995,242, dated March 19, y1935, but has advantagesthereover, as will more clear- 1y appear fromwthe r,followingdescription when read inthe light of the accompanying drawing.

Having reference now to all figures of the Ldrawing with the exceptionof Fig. 3, I indicates a bambooshing rod and A the reel which it is.desired to secure thereto. As is common with respect to all reels,A thepresent reel is provided :per vshape in cross section so as to readilyllt the con- 10 .which will permit not o with a base comprised of arms 2and 3 which in lcross section are curved to fit the contour of thefishing rod'at one side thereof.

Theclamp or holder is provided with a base designated generally at'Bandwhich, it will lbe 5 seenv upon reference to Figs. 4, 5 and 6'of thedrawingconiprises a bottom 4 and a topi 5 arranged inI spacedrelationship to provide a cham- AThe bottom 4 of the base is of an arctofur ofthe'shing rod and in practice this base is applied to the shingrod at a point opposite to thepoint at which the'reel base is applied tothe rod,;.`as clearly 4appears in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

is of hollow tubular form provided at one end ,witha collarwhich formsahead 'I which is positionedwithiri the chamber 6 of the base. This stubshaftfextends outwardly through an open- 2O ing 8 provided within thebase top and is disposed at right angles to the base. The opening "8isof a size to quite loosely 't the stuby` shaft,

with .the result that there is really a universal c onrifectioii`between the nly transverse and longit" dinal movement of the base withrespect to the shaft, but due to the depth of the base chamber 6 arocking movement of the base with respect i disposed cut-out portionsforming slots k9 `and intermediate its ends the shaft is l.slightlybulgedas at I0. Preferably but not necessarily, a washer I I looselysurrounds the stub shaft immediately above the base top 5.

A hollow shaft D externally threaded as at I2 has an 4open lower endwhile its upper end is suitablyfsecured as at I3 and carries a hand holdE. This hand hold is of an elongated comparatively narrow form having acentrally arranged approximately flat portionY Ill which at itsoppositefsides curves downwardly asfat I5 and then upwardly as at I6 to.vform ,finger grips'F at its opposite ends. The manner of utilizingtheffiriger grip vwhile casting with the rod is clearly illustrated inFigure 1 of the, drawing.

rIlhe threaded rod D together `withits hand hold are lmounted upon thestub shaft C in the manner illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawing. Thestub shaft C is of interior 'opening of the .threaded shaft, which facttogether with its bulged portion I0 and its longitudinal slots `9 causethe lstub shaft to tightly clamp the interior of the threaded shaftunder resilient `tension when these shafts are telescopi- 51 15 A stubshaft is designated generally at C and stub shaft and the base 25 to theshaft is also permitted. This stubl shaft is 30 provided with oppositelyslightly greater size vthan the cally arranged, as illustrated in Fig. 4of the drawing.

The result of the construction thus far described is that as thethreaded shaft is rotated by the hand hold the stub shaft will rotatewith the threaded shaft, the stub shaft in turn rotating within theopening 8 of the base.

A nut G is threadedly mounted upon the threaded shaft and is of aU-shape in cross section to provide a space I7 between its inner wall I8and its outer wall I9. The outer wall of this nut is provided with aseries of openings 20 arranged in different horizontal planes.

Loops 2l are adapted to encircle the rod and the reel base arms 2 and 3and have their ends bent at right angles as at 24 for detachableconnection with the holes 20 of the nut.

It will be at once evident from Fig. 1 of the drawing that the clampneed not be slid onto the fishing rod from either of its ends due to theremovability of the loops 2l. It should be further evident that rods ofdifferent sizes or diameters can be taken care of by reason of the holes20 in the nut being arranged in different horizontal planes.

Specific description of Fig. 3 need Anot be given as the device hereillustrated is identical with that previously described, with theexception that the outer face of the bottom 4 of the holder base isprovided with a piece of rubber 25 or the like to prevent anypossibility7 of slippage between the rod and the holder base.

With the parts arranged as illustrated in Figs. l and 3 of the drawing,it will be evident that by rotating the hand hold E the threaded shaft Dis rotated and that the nut G is held against .rotation by the loops 2lwith the result that the nut G will travel up the threaded shaft andcause the loops 2l to tightly clamp the reel base upon the rod. By theprovision of finger holds or grips F at both ends of the hand hold it isnot necessary to turn the hand hold a complete turn to bring one of thefinger grips in proper laligned relationship with the rod. Additionallythe finger grips and hand hold will at all times, irrespective of thesize or dimension of the rod and irrespective of the number of rotationsgiven to the hand hold, lie in the same horizontal plane with respect tothe rod. That is to say, the hand hold and the nger grips will always beseparated the same distance from the rod and will therefore always beproperly positioned to provide the best possible nger grip for themanipulation of the rod. This feature and attribute is not true withrespect to my heretofore mentioned patented reel holder.

Although I have shown my holder as applied to a fishing rod andillustrated specifically for clamping a reel on a rod, it is to beunderstood that my holder could be used for clamping any article to arod without departing from the spirit of the invention or withoutdeparting from the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fishing rod reel holder, comprising a base adapted to be applied toone side of a rod, an externally threaded shaft being provided with afinger hold and rotatable upon said base, a nut carried by said shaft,said nut being provided with loops adapted to encircle said rod, andsaid loops clamping the fishing rod between themselves and said basewhen the threaded shaft is rotated to move the nut along the lshaft awayfrom the base.

2. A shing rod reel holder, comprising a base provided with an extensionarranged at right angles to said base, a hollow externally threadedshaft telescopically receiving said base extension, a finger holdcarried by said shaft, a nut rotatable on said shaft and provided withloops encircling said base and adapted to encircle a rod and the base ofthe rod reel for clamping the reel in place upon the rod.

3. An improved fishing rod reel holder, comprising a base adapted to beapplied to a rod, said base being provided with a hollow split extensionextending at right angles to said base, a hollow externally threadedscrew adapted to telescopically receive under resilient tension saidbase extension, said base being freely rotatable With respect to saidbase extension member, said screw being provided with finger holds onefunction of Which is to provide means to rotate said shaft, and a nutcarried on said shaft and provided with loops adapted to encircle thefishing rod for clamping a reel thereon.

4. A fishing rod reel holder, comprising a base of an arc shape in crosssection and adapted to be applied to one side of a rod, a hollowextension member carried by said base and loosely mounted therein topermit free rotation of said member in the base and to permit a rockingmovement between the base and the member, said member extending at rightangles to said base, a hollow externally threaded shaft adapted totelescopically receive said base extension member, a nger hold carriedby said shaft, a nut threadedly carried by the shaft, and said nut beingprovided with loops adapted to encircle the fishing rod for clamping areel thereon.

5. A nshing rod reel holder, comprising a base having a bottom and a topvin separated relationship, said base bottom being approximately arcshaped in cross section and adapted to be applied to a fishing rod, astub shaft provided at one end with a head, the head of said stub shaftbeing positioned between the bottom and top of said base and said shaftpassing loosely through the base top and at right angles thereto, anexternally threaded hollow shaft adapted to telescopically receive theoutwardly extending end of said stub shaft, a linger hold carried bysaid threaded shaft, and a nut threadedly mounted on said threaded shaftand provided with loops to encircle the fishing rod for clamping a reelthereon.

6. A fishing rod reel holder, comprising a base adapted to be applied toone side of a fishing rod, a threaded shaft freely rotatable on saidbase, a nut threaded on said shaft and movable longitudinally along thesame, and means having attachment with the nut and adapted to encirclesaid rod for clamping a reel upon the rod.

7. A construction such as defined in claim 2` wherein the base extensionis retained in and rotatable with the threaded shaft through resilienttension.

8. A construction such as defined in claim 6,

Awherein the means encircling the fishing rod has adjustable connectionwith the nut, for the purpose described.

9. A fishing rod reel holder, comprising a base having a top and abottom in spaced relationship, a stub shaft having an enlarged endfreely `rotatable in the space between the base top and bottom andhaving an extending portion extending outwardly at right angles to saidbase, an externally threaded shaft adapted to telescopically receive theoutwardly extending end of said stub shaft, means for rotating saidthreaded shaft, a

nut threadedly mounted 0n said threaded shaft and adapted to movelongitudinally therealo-ng, and means encircling a fishing rod andhaving connection with said nut for clamping the reel on said rod.

10. A iishing rod reel holder, comprising a base adapted to be appliedto one side of a rod, means encircling the rod for clamping a. reelthereon, and means connected to and movable with respect to the base fortightening said encircling means upon the fishing rod, the connectionbetween said tightening means and said base permitting a rockingmovement of the base, for the purpose described.

11. A construction such as dened in claim 3,

wherein the loops are quickly detachable from and have adjustableconnection with the nut.

12. A construction such as dei-ined in claim 1, wherein a hand holdprovided with finger grips at its opposite ends is provided for rotatingthe threaded shaft.

13. A iishing rod reel holder, comprising a base adapted to be appliedto one side of a fishing rod, a rotatable threaded member carried bysaid base, a second threaded member adapted for movement along thefirst-mentioned threaded member, and means having attachment with thesecond member and adapted to encircle said rod for clamping a reelthereupon.

CHARLES JACKSON CLARKE.

